Weight of the Heart

Steps

1. Talk to Banyue

Gameplay Notes

• This commission can only be done at Midnight (12AM).
• Completing this commission awards the Agent Trust achievement Iron Will and True Heart, Toppling Mountains and Crushing Peaks.

Dialogue

 Talk to Banyue

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Banyue seems troubled. I should talk to him.

Port Elpis

(Idle)

Banyue: ...

(Talk to Banyue)

Banyue: Is this what the moon and waves are really like?

Banyue: I've never felt this way before...

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The following is recorded in the Partner Archive

 "Weight of the Heart"

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Story Description: Late at night, Banyue confides his confusion: he dreamed of a failed mission that left him heartbroken, yet he cannot understand why his heart feels so heavy...

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Banyue: My apologies for summoning you out here after hours.

What's up?

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍What happened? It's really not like you to be out so late.What happened? It's really not like you to be out so late.Text for Wise / It's fine, but calling me out this late isn't really your style.It's fine, but calling me out this late isn't really your style.Text for Belle‍)

Banyue: ...Sorry.

Banyue: I've just been thinking about something lately and I wanted someone to talk it over with.

Sure, tell me about it.

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍I'm happy you feel comfortable reaching out to me. What do you wanna talk about?I'm happy you feel comfortable reaching out to me. What do you wanna talk about?Text for Wise / I'm all ears. Maybe talking it out will get you your answer. So, what's it about?I'm all ears. Maybe talking it out will get you your answer. So, what's it about?Text for Belle‍)

Banyue: It's about the "heart."

Banyue: At first, I was just a construct that executed commands. The moon was simply a celestial body, the sea merely water. Everything had a clear definition. But now...

Banyue: Now, when I see the moon, I recall the lanterns in Waifei Peninsula. When I hear the waves, I think of the wind chimes under the roof of the martial arts school.

Banyue: When I think of these things, this place in my chest feels heavy.

Banyue: And last night, I had a nightmare.

A nightmare?

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): A nightmare? Can you be more specific?

Banyue: I dreamt I was carrying out a mission to cleanse Miasma. Yet this time... instead of efficiency, my numerical commands brought me pain.

Banyue: I also dreamt of those I couldn't save...

Banyue: A child— one moment singing a nursery rhyme, the next swallowed by Miasma. I wanted to move, but my body would not obey...

And then?

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): And then?

Banyue: Then I awoke...

Banyue: It took a long time for my system to stabilize. But the feeling— this ache in my chest— hasn't gone away.

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(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): Banyue... It was just a dream. (‍Don't be too hard on yourself.Don't be too hard on yourself.Text for Wise / Don't let it get you down.Don't let it get you down.Text for Belle‍)

Banyue: In theory, I have no heart. So... why does this place feel so heavy?

This is proof of being "human."

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): Because you're no longer just a machine, feeling the weight of emotions is proof of being "human."

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): Humans are like that. We regret, we feel guilty, we lie awake at night hurting. But these useless things... they make us braver.

Banyue: Is the human heart... always so heavy?

Yes, because it's carrying so much.

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍Yes... very heavy.Yes... very heavy.Text for Wise / Yep— super duper heavy!Yep— super duper heavy!Text for Belle‍)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍And,And,Text for Wise / But,But,Text for Belle‍) the human heart doesn't just feel pain; it feels so much more.

Banyue: So much more?

Like...

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍Like when you eat something good and feel happy, or laugh at a joke, or when someone or something important makes your heart race.Like when you eat something good and feel happy, or laugh at a joke, or when someone or something important makes your heart race.Text for Wise / Like... when you taste something yummy and you're all happy, or when a joke makes you laugh, or when you meet someone or something important happens and your chest goes... ba-dump ba-dump!Like... when you taste something yummy and you're all happy, or when a joke makes you laugh, or when you meet someone or something important happens and your chest goes... ba-dump ba-dump!Text for Belle‍)

Banyue: I don't have a heartbeat, but...

Banyue: When the children at the martial arts school gave me their handmade charms, my processor did show signs of overload.

There you go!

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍That's it! That's your heartbeat!That's it! That's your heartbeat!Text for Wise / Mmhm. That's your heartbeat.Mmhm. That's your heartbeat.Text for Belle‍)

Banyue: So that... that's what a heartbeat feels like.

Banyue presses his palm against his chest for a long time, as if trying to feel his own "heartbeat."

Banyue: Thank you... I believe I understand human emotions a little better now.

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(Idle)

Banyue: My chest doesn't feel as heavy anymore...

(Talk to Banyue again, optional)

Banyue: After talking with you, my heart feels a bit lighter.

Banyue: I think it's because you're also a part of what I hold in my heart.

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